BEA bern expo with new managing director

Christoph Caviezel is the new Managing Director of BEA Bern Expo. He takes over from Heiner Federli at the beginning of 2007. In addition to chairing the Executive Board, Caviezel will be responsible for the Guest Exhibitions/Congresses and Events Division. Caviezel has been Deputy Director of the Federal Office for Professional Education and Technology since the beginning of 2006 and heads the Agency for Innovation Promotion CTI. In 2004 and 2005, he worked as a personal assistant to Federal Councillor Joseph Deiss. Over the past ten years, Caviezel has held management positions in various Swiss and international companies and institutions. Federli, who has assumed the operational management function for the duration of the now completed restructuring of the Bern Exhibition Center, will continue to be available to BEA for strategic tasks. According to a press release, the company was in financial difficulties in 2004. This was followed by an intensive restructuring phase. Today, the Bern Exhibition Center is on the move and can look forward to positive developments.